Finally got to put in some of that valuable "sweat equity" - as the 48 sheets of rigid foam insulation needed to be put up before we can backfill. I had planned to do it Friday, but damp proofers got behind and were at the site longer than anticipated. So today was the day, no matter what the weather. But, weather finally returned to a more "normal" temp - with temps in the mid to upper 30's today. Worked out very well, as was in and out of the ground in about 4 hours. Certainly not a job I care to do again anytime soon. Pretty easy, just very dirty. But given I was quoted $2300 for someone to do it for me - and the material only cost about $900 - I opted to save that $$.
Other news is we may put in place an "official" change order with the architect (a thing I had guaranteed I would not do) - but after much thought - its one of those items if we dont take time to get right now - it will be around 150 yrs until someone knocks this house down.
We had originally had 10ft cielings in the great room, breakfast room and kitchen. It all flowed well. We scaled back to jsut having it in the great room and while it works - it leaves a lot of changes in the cieling lines and am afraid it may look off - so we have a call into the architect to see costs/timing to get changed. The time I am not worried about - as we can continue working on the backfill and utility work while changes are being made - its the fees from the acrhitect and the city of Naperville that concern me - as the change will need to be reviwed and approved.
We shall see...
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